Unfortunately a quick one today as I have a rather busy schedule this coming week. The Izaribata/Jibata loom (地機) is a traditional loom used up until the Meiji period (1868-1912). The loom weaves Yuki Tsumugi silk (結城紬) which are made in Yuki, Ibaraki, and is a labour intensive process, as with the creation of Bashofu in Okinawa. Yuki Tsumugi Kimono are generally speaking the darker/rougher fabrics you find in second hand shops and are very sturdy fabrics more suitable for damp weather in my experience. Working with this type of loom is highly personal, and allows for more the handcraft to shine through as the fabrics produced are more obviously created by hand in their finishes, which often use stencil designs, which are a dead give away because of their odd-end/fraying effects around the edge of the design against the base weave.
It is used for tight weave fabrics which are made of fibers such as hemp or nettle. It also does a wonderful form of ragweaving as well which is useful as a winter fabric. The Tsumugi weave is a tight one, with the warp beaten with the reed (the comb structure) and weaving shuttle, in part this tightness comes from the tension placed on the warp by the weavers back! The loom itself when using support items such as a backstrap can limit therefore what pattern the fabric takes at times.[1] Today the loom is still used by some and retains it place in Japanese handicrafts.[2]
Reference List
[1] http://japanesetextileworkshops.blogspot.com/2010/08/backstrap-looms.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABki-tsumugi
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